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Former U.S. Ambassador Howard Eugene Douglas is being honored and memorialized today
by the Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) and a coalition of non-governmental
organizations (NGOs), including Lao and Hmong-American human rights and refugee groups, ... More >>

The U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs is slated to conduct a markup
hearing tomorrow, July 17, to press forward legislation, and further examine and
study , the unique service of ethnic Laotian and Hmong veterans who served in covert ... More >>

The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) and a coalition of Lao and Hmong non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) are opposing a controversial multi-million dollar U.S. State
Department program to remove unexploded Vietnam-era ordinance and bombs from Laos. More >>

“There is no Easter in Laos and Vietnam for numerous Christians, and other minority
and dissident religious believers, who have simply disappeared or have been persecuted,
or killed, at the hands of the military, security forces and secret police,” said ... More >>

The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) is lauding the governments of the Philippines
and Australia for their tireless efforts in negotiating the successful release of
Australian hostage Warren Rodwell held captive on Mindanao island by Islamic militants ... More >>

The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA), United Lao for Democracy and Human
Rights (ULDHR), the Lao Human Rights Council (LHRC), the United League for Democracy
in Laos, Inc. (ULDL), the Laos Institute for Democracy (LIFD), and a coalition of ... More >>

Three Lao-Americans From Minnesota Missing in Laos February 28, 2012 (Revised and
Updated), Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Bangkok, Thailand For Immediate
Release The Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) and the United Lao for Democracy ... More >>

A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are hailing the passage of a
resolution by the European Parliament expressing its deep concerns regarding the
recent disappearance of Laotian civic activist Sombath Somphone at the hands of Laotian ... More >>

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Representative Jim Costa (D-California),
and a bipartisan coalition in the U.S. Congress, are advancing legislation that would
grant burial honors to Lao and Hmong-American veterans of the Vietnam War in Laos, ... More >>

National memorial and wreath-laying ceremonies are being held in Washington, D.C.,
Arlington National Cemetery, and the U.S. Congress, to honor Lao and Hmong veterans
of the “U.S. Secret Army” in Laos, their American clandestine advisors, and their ... More >>

Key leaders of the Laotian and Hmong-American community have joined with the Center
for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA) in Washington, D.C. to seek to honor Lao and Hmong
veterans and their families and work to grant the veterans burial rights at U.S. ... More >>

With polls closing in Thailand today, concerns have been raised by the Washington,
D.C.-based Center for Public Policy Analysis that elements of the Royal Thai Army
may militarily intervene in the post-election aftermath of Thailand’s recent election ... More >>

Vietnam security forces, including over 15,000 soldiers from various Vietnam People’s
Army units, backed by allied armed forces from Laos, have sealed off much of Dien
Bien province in Vietnam and arrested over 2,400 ethnic Hmong citizens of Vietnam, ... More >>

More Hmong protesters have been killed or arrested in Dien Bien province today as
Vietnam deploys additional army units and thousands of soldiers and police to seek
to contain mass demonstrations and the spread of discontent with the policies of ... More >>

Christian persecution and religious freedom violations have continued to expand and
spread to key provinces in Laos, according to the Center for Public Policy Analysis
and other rights organizations tracking the issue. Yesterday, four Lao Hmong Christian ... More >>